Julián Castro’s mother under fire from Fox for allegedly bashing the Alamo

After more than a century the Battle of the Alamo still raging, but instead of Mexicans and Texan settlers this time it’s Fox News and the Democrat’s new Latino star, San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro.

A Fox News web site article draws ties between Castro and his mother, “a member of the La Raza Unida, a radical movement that defended the civil rights of Mexican-Americans in Texas” who apparently hates the Alamo.

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro gives the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In the article San Antonio native Rosie Castro bashed the Alamo, a longstanding symbol of American courage to many Texans and a tourist hotspot.

Here’s Rosie Castro’s quote in full:

“They used to take us there when we were schoolchildren,” Rosie Castro told The New York Times Magazine. “They told us how glorious that battle was. When I grew up I learned that the ‘heroes’ of the Alamo were a bunch of drunks and crooks and slaveholding imperialists who conquered land that didn’t belong to them. But as a little girl I got the message — we were losers. I can truly say that I hate that place and everything it stands for.”

In a tweet Washington Post’s The Fix reporter Chris Cillizza quoted Julián Castro as saying, “We grew up in a political household but we did not like it.”

As of 7 p.m. EST Friday, Julián and Rosie Castro were not readily available for comment.